Research
Our work centers on spatial intelligence, is enabled by agentic intelligence, and advances toward interactive and embodied spatial intelligence, grounded in urban science.
Emerging frontier Interactive & Embodied
Spatial Intelligence
Spatial Intelligence
Grounding domain Urban Science
Grounded in humans, cities, society, and physical environments.
HumansCitiesSocietyPhysical world
Spatial Intelligence Urban Spatial Intelligence
Represent · Benchmark · Reason
Spatial Foundations
Models, benchmarks, and multimodal foundations that establish how machines represent and reason about cities as open spatial systems.
Perceive · Interpret · Ground
Reality-Grounded Understanding
Spatial perception and reasoning grounded in visual evidence, socioeconomic signals, human wellbeing, and the lived realities of cities.
Model · Simulate · Act
World Models & Interactive Intelligence
Generative world models and spatial agents that move beyond passive understanding toward simulation, interaction, and action.
Agentic Intelligence Reason · Plan · Act · Adapt
Reason · Learn · Adapt
Agent Foundations & Reasoning
Foundations for agents that reason, coordinate models, learn from feedback, and adapt across tasks and environments.
Perceive · Plan · Act
Embodied & Interactive Agents
Agents that connect perception and reasoning with planning, simulation, and action in dynamic spatial environments.
Collaborate · Simulate · Evolve
Multi-Agent & Social Intelligence
Multi-agent systems for modeling collective behavior, simulating social processes, and studying how agents interact and evolve.
Research Foundations
Earlier Research Archive
A systematic summary of earlier work in individual mobility behavior, citywide spatio-temporal prediction, and operational urban decision systems.